CURRICULUM VITAE REUVEN FIRESTONE (323) 934-9541 EDUCATION Ph.D. 1988 New York University Near East. Langs. & Lits. New York, NY Islam, Arabic Lit. Rabbinic Ordination 1982 Bible, Rabbinics Hebrew Union College Jewish Inst. of Religion, New York, NY M.A. 1980 Hebrew Union College Hebrew Lit., History Jewish Inst. of Religion, NY B.A. 1974 Antioch College Sociology/Anthropolgy Yellow Springs, OH (Middle East area studies) 1972-73 Hebrew University in Jerusalem PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Professor, Medieval Jewish and Islamic Studies, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Los Angeles, CA (1997-present). Associate Professor, Medieval Jewish and Islamic Studies, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Los Angeles, Ca (1993-1997). Assistant Professor, Hebrew Language and Literature, director of Hebrew and Arabic programs, Boston University, Boston, MA. (1987-92). Academic Director: Boston University Study Abroad at the University of Haifa, Israel (1988-1992) Visiting Scholar, Lotan Summer Series in Jewish Studies. Kibbutz Lotan, Israel (1988, 1996, 1998, 1999). Lecturer, Islamic Studies, Jewish Studies, Drew University, Madison, NJ. (1986-87). Lecturer, Biblical Hebrew, Babylonian Aramaic, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, New York, NY. (1985-87). 2 Director, College Education Department, Union of American Hebrew Congregations, New York, NY (1982-1986). ADMINISTRATIVE Director, Jerome Louchheim School of Undergraduate Jewish Studies at the University of Southern California (1997-2005). Director, Edgar J. Magnin School of Graduate Studies, Hebrew Union College (1997-2005). FELLOWSHIPS 2006: CASA III Fellowship at the American University in Cairo, funded by the Fulbright Binational Committee in Egypt and the U.S. Department of Education. 2001-02: Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Post-Doctoral Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania (declined for health reasons) 2000-01: National Endowment for the Humanities Research Fellowship 1992-93: Yad Hanadiv/Barecha Research Fellowship at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem PUBLICATIONS BOOKS 7. The Revival of Holy War in Judaism. Forthcoming. 6. Who is the real ‘Chosen People’? The Meaning of Chosenness in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Woodstock, VT: Skylight Paths, forthcoming in 2009. 5. An Introduction to Islam for Jews. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2008. 4. Jews, Christians, Muslims in Dialogue: A Practical Handbook, with Leonard Swidler and Khalid Duran. New London, CT: Twenty-Third Publications, 2007. 3. Children of Abraham: An Introduction to Judaism for Muslims. NY: Ktav, 2001. Translated into Turkish, 2004: Yahudiliği Anlamak İbrahim'in / Avraam'ın Çocukları. Translated into Arabic 2007: Dhuriyat Ibrahim: muqaddima `an al-yahudiyya lil- muslimin). 2. Jihad: The Origin of Holy War in Islam. NY: Oxford University Press, 1999 (Indonesian translation in process). 3 1. Journeys in Holy Lands: The Evolution of the Abraham-Ishmael Legends in Islamic Exegesis. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1990. EDITED WORKS 1. Symposium on Judaism and Islam. CCAR Journal, Fall 2000. SCHOLARLY ARTICLES, CHAPTERS, AND ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES 72. "Chosenness and the Exclusivity of Truth," Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies (forthcoming). 71. “Self-conscious Revelation,” Dialogue on God and Revelation, at the Intercultural Forum for Studies in Faith and Culture of the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center, forthcoming. 70. "Patriarchy, Primogeniture and Polemic in the Exegetical Traditions of Judaism and Islam," in David Stern and Natalie Dohrmann, eds., Jewish Biblical Interpretation in Comparative Context. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, forthcoming. 69. “Islamic Exegesis on the so-called 'Curse of Ham,'" in Tzvi Langerman, ed. Adaptations and Innovations: Studies on the Interaction between Jewish and Islamic Thought and Literature from the early Middle Ages to the late Twentieth Century, dedicated to Professor Joel L. Kraemer (Leuven, Belgium: Peeters, forthcoming). 68. "Challenges in Jewish-Muslim Dialogue: The American Context," with Brie Loskota, in Ansari, Humayun and Cesarani, David, eds. Muslim-Jewish dialogue in a 21st Century world. Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, 2007, 135-158. ISBN 9781905846122. http://eprints.rhul.ac.uk/624/. http://eprints.rhul.ac.uk/624/1/Jewish_Muslim_dialogue_CMS_2007.pdf. 67. "Contextualizing Antisemitism in Islam: Chosenness, Choosing, and the Affects of the Birthing of New Religion," International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies 4:3 (2007), (www.interscience.wiley.com). 66. "Women, Gender and Jewish/Muslim Sources/Discourses and Internations: 7th-20th Centuries," Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures (Leiden: Brill, 2007), Vol. 5, 216-222. 65. "Tales of the Prophets," in Medieval Islamic Civilization: An Encyclopedia. New York: Routledge, 2006. Vol. 2, 644-646. 4 64. "Jihad in Medieval Islam," in Medieval Islamic Civilization: An Encyclopedia. New York: Routledge, 2006. Vol. 1, 418-420. 63. “Jerusalem,” in Medieval Islamic Civilization: An Encyclopedia. New York: Routledge, 2006. Vol. 1, 413-115. 62. “Hajj,” in Medieval Islamic Civilization: An Encyclopedia. New York: Routledge, 2006. Vol. 1, 309-310. 61. “Alcohol,” in Medieval Islamic Civilization: An Encyclopedia. New York: Routledge, 2006. Vol. 1, 26-27. 60. “Holy War in Modern Judaism? ‘Mitzvah War’ and the Problem of the ‘Three Vows,’” in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion 74(4) December, 2006, 954- 982. 59. "Jihad" Andrew Rippin, ed., Blackwell Companion to the Qur'an. London: Blackwell, 2006, 308-320. 58. "Tubba," The Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an Leiden: Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2006. Vol. 5, 389-390. 57. "Thamud," The Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an Leiden: Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2006. Vol. 5, 252-254. 56. “Who Broke Their Vow First? The ‘Three Vows’ in Contemporary Thinking about Jewish Holy War,” in R. Joseph Hoffman (ed.), The Just War and Jihad: Violence in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. NY: Prometheus, 2006, 77-97. 55. "Jerusalem in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam," in Lindsay Jones (ed. in chief), Encyclopedia of Religion (15 Vols.), Second Edition. NY: Macmillan, 2005, 4838-4941. 54. “The Problem of Chosenness in Judaism, Christianity and Islam,” The 2005 Sterling M. McMurrin Lecture on Religion and Culture, University of Utah (Salt Lake City: University of Utah, 2005). 53. "Judaism," in Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History (5 vols.), Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire Publishing, 2005. Vol. 3, 1058-1065. 52. "Abraham," in Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History (5 vols.), Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire Publishing, 2005. Vol. 1, 2-4. 51. “A Problem with Monotheism: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in Dialogue and Dissent,” in Bradford Hinze (ed.), Heirs of Abraham: The Future of Muslim, Jewish, and Christian Relations. NY: Orbis, 2005, 20-54. 5 50. "Jewish-Muslim Relations, " in Nicholas de Lange and Miri Freud-Kandel, eds., Modern Judaism: An Oxford Guide. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2005. 49. “Shekhinah” (“Sakina”) The Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2004, Vol. 4, 589-591. 48. "Safa and Marwa," The Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an, Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2003, Vol. 4, 518-520. 47. “Sacrifice” The Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an Leiden: Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2003, Vol. 4, 516-518. 46. "Pharaoh," The Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an, Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2003, Vol. 4, 66-68. 45. "Samaw'al b. Yahya al-Maghribi," The Encyclopaedia of Islam (New Edition), Supplement Volume, Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2004, Vol. 12, 702-3. 44. "Judaism on Violence and Reconciliation: An Examination of Key Sources,” in James Heft, ed., Beyond Violence: Religious Sources of Social Transformation. NY: Fordham University Press, 2004, 74-87. 43. "Martyrdom in Islam," in Rona Fields, ed., Martyrdom: The Psychology, Theology, and Politics of Self-Sacrifice. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2004, 136-145. 42. "Martyrdom," in Palmer-Fernandez, G. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Religion and War (1st ed.). New York: Berkshire/Routledge, 2004, 289-294. 41. "Judaism: Medieval Period," in Palmer-Fernandez, G. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Religion and War (1st ed.). New York: Berkshire/Routledge, 2004, 244-247. 40. "Palestine/Israel," in Palmer-Fernandez, G. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Religion and War (1st ed.). New York: Berkshire/Routledge, 2004, 342-347. 39. "Jihad," in Palmer-Fernandez, G. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Religion and War (1st ed.). New York: Berkshire/Routledge, 2004, 234-238. 38. "Holy War Idea in the Biblical Tradition," in Palmer-Fernandez, G. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Religion and War (1st ed.). New York: Berkshire/Routledge, 2004, 180- 85. 37. "The Qur'an and the Bible: Some Modern Studies of Their Relationship," in John C. Reeves, ed., Bible and Qur'an: Essays in Scriptural Intertextuality. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003, 1-22. 36. "Midian," The Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an, Leiden: E. J. Brill, Vol. 3 (2003), 389- 391. 6 35. "Argue, for God's Sake – Or, A Jewish Argument for Argument," in the Journal of Ecumenical Studies, special issue: "Interreligious Dialogue Toward Reconciliation in Macedonia and Bosnia, Volume XXXIX, Numbers 1-2 (Winter-Spring, 2002), 47-57 (translated into Macedonian and Albanian, 2004). 34. "Ishmael," The Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an, Leiden: E. J. Brill, Vol. 2 (2002), 563- 564. 33. "Isaac," The Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an, Leiden: E. J. Brill, Vol. 2 (2002), 561-562. 32. "Fighting" The Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an, Leiden: E. J. Brill, Vol 2 (2002), 208- 209. 31. "Enemies," The Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an,